John Legere, the CEO of T-Mobile, took to Twitter Thursday night to address the hefty $73,000 estimate given to the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company by Verizon for moving the current underground telephone cables to the other side of Deep Hole Road on the island.

"Your community is lucky to have you. This is so typical Verizon. If they don't fix this, I'll pay it myself!!" commented Legere.

The estimate the company received from Verizon amounted to around $73,000, according to Denise Bowden, CVFC public relations spokesperson.

“About $38,000 is materials and $33,000 or $34,000 is labor,” said Bowden.

However, the move is not a simple matter, according to Verizon.

“The Chincoteague fire department asked Verizon to relocate telephone network equipment from where they intend to build a new fire station, and asked us to use the most expensive option for doing so," said Michael Murphy, Verizon public relations manager.

“What’s been missing from the story about the cost to complete the work is this: we’re not talking about moving a phone line or two. They’ve asked us to relocate and bury more than 1000’ of very large copper cables and fiber optic lines serving a large portion of Chincoteague Island – a very expensive process. There are other ways to accomplish this and we’ve offered lower cost options. We’ll consider any design changes they’re willing to make and work with them to find a less costly way to do the work."

"The choice is ultimately up to the Fire Department."

According to Bowden, Verizon reached out to the fire company yesterday.

"We're going to try to rework plans," she said, noting another company also reached out and offered to do the work for less.